Acquisitions, Divestitures and Deconsolidations

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Business Combination and Asset Acquisition [Abstract]

Acquisitions, Divestitures and Deconsolidations

Acquisitions, Divestitures and Deconsolidations

Boardwalk Pipelines

On September 29, 2023, Boardwalk Pipelines acquired 100% of the equity interests of Williams Olefins Pipeline Holdco LLC (“Bayou Ethane”) from Williams Field Services Group, LLC for $355 million in cash, including working capital. Bayou Ethane owns an approximately 380-mile pipeline system that transports ethane from Mont Belvieu, Texas, to the Mississippi River corridor in Louisiana and two 15-mile pipelines in the Houston Ship Channel area that carry ammonia and hydrogen chloride. Bayou Ethane provides ethane supply and transportation services for industrial customers in Louisiana and Texas. The purchase price was allocated to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their estimated fair values on the date of acquisition. The final fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed as of September 29, 2023, were $382 million of assets and $27 million of liabilities, which included $296 million of property, plant and equipment and $34 million of finite lived intangible assets.

Loews Hotels & Co

During 2023, Loews Hotels & Co paid $46 million to acquire an additional equity interest in a previously unconsolidated joint venture property. The acquisition resulted in Loews Hotels & Co consolidating the joint venture property and recording a gain of $46 million ($36 million after tax). Upon acquisition, $232 million in assets and $120 million in liabilities were consolidated at fair value.

Loews Hotels & Co received aggregate proceeds of $77 million in 2021 for the sales of owned hotels and other assets.

Altium Packaging

On April 1, 2021, Loews Corporation sold approximately 47% of Altium Packaging to GIC, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, for $420 million in cash consideration. Loews Corporation shares certain participating rights with GIC related to capital allocation and other decisions by Altium Packaging. Therefore, in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification 810 (“ASC 810”), “Consolidation,” Altium Packaging was deconsolidated from Loews Corporation’s consolidated financial statements. Effective April 1, 2021, Loews Corporation’s investment in Altium Packaging was accounted for under the equity method of accounting, with the investment reported in Other assets on the Consolidated Balance Sheets and Equity method (income) loss reported on the Consolidated Statements of Operations. The transaction resulted in a gain of $555 million ($438 million after tax) for the year ended December 31, 2021, which was recorded in Investment gains (losses) on the Consolidated Statement of Operations. Loews Corporation’s retained investment in Altium Packaging was recorded at an estimated fair value of $473 million.